Toilet-paper



Patented July l9, I898.

8. WHEELER.

TOILET PAPER.

(Application filed July 3], 1897.)

(No Model) INVENTOR WITNESSES gm Namus wzrtns co. mmeuruo..wnsmumou o cNITED STATES SETH \VHEELER, OF ALBANY, NEXV YORK.

TOILET-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,498, dated July 19,1898.

Application filed J ly 31, 1897.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, a resident of Albany, in the county ofAlbany and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Toilet-Paper; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an improvement in toilet-paper.

Toilet-paper as first manufactured in the roll form was in a continuousweb. Later the web was divided by perforations or incisions into aseries of more or less slightly-connected sheets, which could be readilyseparated with out the aid of the tearing or cutting devices generallyused with the continuous web.

Originally one thousand sheets was the maximum number for a roll orpackage; but as improved machinery enabled the manufacturer to wind thepaper more closely two thousand, three thousand, and four thousand sheetrolls were made, meeting with much favor from large consumers on accountof the saving in first cost per thousand sheets, reduction of waste atthe beginning and end of each roll, and also lessening the attendancenecessary to maintain the closet-supply. To produce rolls having thegreatest number of sheets, finer and thinner paper is used, and as thepaper is what is technically known as cylinder-paper it has been foundthat, although doubled or trebled in the usual manner, it is too easilysplit. Hence more sheets are required and the advantage of the greaternumber of sheets in the roll diminished in like proportion, to overcomewhich is the purpose of this invention.

As is well known, cylinder-paper (so called to distinguish it from papermade on the Fourdrinier machine,) while stronger in the direction of thelay of its fiber, is much weaker in the opposite direction or crosswiseof its fiber, and the object of this invention is to cross the fiber ofthe sheets when folded for use, which is accomplished by the peculiarformof the sheets and their arrangement in the web with respect to oneanother,whereby when folded there is no loss of useful area-21 e., theentire surfaces of the folded $erial No. 646,675. (No model.)

sheets are perfectly superimposed, the edge of one never extendingbeyond that of another. I am aware that divisions heretofore made mightpartially accomplish this, as in my former patent, No. 422,866; but itwill be observed that the useful area of the doubled sheett'. e., thedouble portion-is much less than the area of the single sheet and thatadditional folds on the lines of division do not remedy this, whereas myimproved sheet when folded doubles the entire area or surface andincreases the strength or resistance to rupture of the entire surfacearea with each additional fold, crossing its fiber with that of theunderlying sheet, thereby increasing its resistance to rupture over agreater number of sheets folded in the usual manner with the fiber ofthe sheets parallel. It will be observed that this is accomplished byfolding the sheets on their lines of division, which extend diagonallyacross the roll, so that the sheets when folded are in the form of atriangle. The division-lines may consist of perforations or meremarking, or some of them may be made by perforations and some bymarking. It is obvious that the same advantages will maintain, though inless degree, if Fo'urdrinier instead of cylinder paper is used.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing one embodimentof my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing a slight modification.

A represents a strip of toiletpaper the fiber of which runslongitudinally of the same-that is to say, parallel with the edges ofthe paper, as indicated by the lines 1.

In the form. of the invention shown in Fig. 1 the strip of paper isdivided by diagonal lines forming a connected series of triangularfigures 2. When the paper is folded so that one of the triangularfigures or pieces will lie upon another, the fiber of the two pieceswill cross, as shown in the drawings. In like manner any desired numberof sheets may be thus folded before or after separation from the web andwill not be liable to break or split when in use, as above explained. Inthe form of the invention shown in Fig. 1 alternate lines a a, &c.,maybe made by perforating or cutting, while the lines I) b, 850., may beindicated by merely marking to denote where the paper is to be folded.In this case the paper is folded alternately on the cutting orseparating lines and the marking-lines.

In Fig. 2 the dividing-lines c, which run at right angles to the fiber,may be made by perforating or cutting, and the diagonal lines (I, onwhich the paper is to be folded to cause the fiber to cross, may be madeby marking.

Other slight changes might be made in the details or form of theinvention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting itsscope, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise formsshown and described.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A roll or strip of toilet-paper havingperforated or incised lines of division to permit severance of sheetsand having marked lines of division to denote where the sheets must befolded to cause the fibers to cross, substantially as set forth.

2. A roll or strip of toilet-paper having its fiber runninglengthwisethe strip and having perforated or incised lines of division to permitseverance of sheets, and havingmarked lines of division to denote wherethe sheets must be folded to cause the fibers to cross, substantially asset forth.

3. A roll or strip divided into sheets by lines of division, said linesand sheets so ar ranged relative to each other that adjacent sheets liepoint to base and base to point and when folded one upon another crossgrain and approximately coincide at their edges.

4. A roll or strip of toilet-paper having division-lines indicatedthereon whereby the strip is subdivided into connected triangularsheets, two sides of which at least are of equal length.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SETH XVIIEELER.

\Vitnesses:

EDGAR WHEELER, WM. A. lVHEELEi-i.

